Cases and materials on misconduct and domestic enquiry

Allahabad is prominent for publishing the Law books as well as the Law Journals. Here there are large numbers of Law publishers. The Law Publshing House is one of the prominent Law Publishing houses. It has ventured to publish the book titled "Cases and Materials on Misconduct and Domestic Enquiry", the manuscript of which brought to my notice for writing at foreword to the book.
The procedural defects, for want of proper knowledge of material relating to misconduct, the nature of misconduct and the intricacies of the procedure, often become cause of embarrassment as well as harassment and prove fetal. The domestic enquiry for the alleged misconduct precedes the action for misconduct and before which generally a preliminary enquiry is held. The procedure for disciplinary enquiry, more or less, is akin to the judicial procedure where observance of principles of natural justice is a must. The misconduct may be of general nature and may be gross in nature. The gross misconduct need not necessrily be in gravity but any misconduct in violation of Law is gross misconduct otherwise there would be no obedience to law. In some circumstances the enquiry may be dispensed with where the services may require to be dispensed with forthwith consequent upon grave misconduct. The Law on the subject is getting new dimensions by virtue of interpretation by the High Courts and the Supreme Court under the changing social scenario in the background of the constitutional guarantee as enshrined in the fundamental rights and the mandate under Article 311 of the Constitution.